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<p>Absolutely true. On the other hand, if you don’t do what you love (and you don’t keep up good grades), you have close to a zero chance of getting into Harvard. Or anyplace like Harvard.</p>
<p>Doing what you love and really throwing yourself into it (and keeping up good grades) is the only strategy that works. It doesn’t work to the extent that it assures your admission to Harvard. But it works because if you follow it you will be the strongest applicant it’s possible for you to be at Harvard, Stanford, Yale, Dartmouth, wherever. What’s more, you will be a happy, excited, energized person with direction in life. So if you have really rotten luck and don’t get into any of the fancy colleges you dream about, you will still know what to do with yourself, and how to judge real success. And you will be able to succeed.</p>